Onken Younits" -- Window Display Furniture Trade Catalogue
- Cincinnati, Ohio: The Oscar Onken Co, 1912
Cincinnati, Ohio: The Oscar Onken Co, 1912. Good to very good. Toned with some wear/chipping to covers.. Trade catalogue advertising interchangeable wood window fixture units, for display of anything from hats and clothing to shoes, corsets, linens and toiletries. The trade catalogue, published for and marketing to dry goods and general stores, includes three (3) 1.5" by 2" samples of the wood finishes available for purchase, pasted onto a printed price list on the first leaf. The remainder of the booklet is devoted to full-page photo illustrations of the window display units in use, with. model numbers for reference/purchase. Printed label on upper cover marks this as "Set No. 4". Marketed as easy to use, with the proud statement "Not a Tool Required at Any Time". A nice relic of material culture from the time. Single vol. (7.5" by 10.5"), pp. [40], photo illus., in original cloth covers with printed label on upper wrapper.